2026 PLAYER / PITCHER OF THE WEEK #23

NAME	TEAM	AVG	SLG	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	R	RBI	K	W	IW	SB	CS	HBP
TURNER,Trea	TIJ AL	.333	.433	6	30	10	3	0	0	4	6	5	2	0	3	2	0

NAME	CLUB	G	W	L	S	ERA	IP	R	ER	H	K	BB	IBB	WP	BK	HB	HR
ROCKER,Kumar	TIJ AL	1	1	0	0	0.00	7	0	0	4	9	5	0	0	0	0	0

NAME	TEAM	AVG	SLG	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	R	RBI	K	W	IW	SB	CS	HBP
SPRINGER,George	TEM NL	.368	1.053	6	19	7	1	0	4	6	10	3	2	0	1	0	0

NAME	CLUB	G	W	L	S	ERA	IP	R	ER	H	K	BB	IBB	WP	BK	HB	HR
deGROM,Jacob	TEM NL	2	2	0	0	0.00	10	0	0	2	5	1	0	0	0	0	0

Baltimore Comets @ Tempe Tempers
Preview:	The Baltimore Comets are in last place and 26 games under .500, but they are only three games back in the hunt for that final NL Playoff Spot. They could be a challenging team in a short series with three strong starters if they can sneak in.
Game #1:	Homers from Springer and Polanco gave Tempe an early 3-0 lead. Sloppy defense in the 5th allowed Tempe to score three more. DeGrom went five easy innings for the win. Raleigh added a late-inning homer to cap it off. Tempe 8-0
Game #2:	Dominguez, a prior top Tempe prospect, led off the game with a homer, and Bell added a sac fly for an early 2-0 Baltimore lead. Springer tied it up with a two-run homer in the 1st and then took the lead with a second homer in the 4th. Kwan’s solo in the 5th ended Sheehan’s day. Freeman launched a two-run homer in the 5th. Ruiz’s broken-bat two-RBI single cut the lead to three, but that was all Baltimore managed on the Tempe pen. Tempe 7-4
Game #3:	Wenceel Perez‘s two-run homer in the 2nd was all Cade Horton and the pen needed as Tempe only managed one run on a Cal Raleigh 8th-inning solo. Suarez closed out the 9th for the save. Baltimore 3-1
Game #4:	DeGrom went five scoreless innings and left with a 5-0 lead after Polanco and Springer led the way with homers. Dominguez hit a solo homer off Jansen to get Baltimore on the board. Springer added another RBI in the 7th. Tempe 6-1
Game #5:	Bell doubled in two runs in the top of the 1st. Springer got one back in the bottom half with an RBI double. Baltimore then added single runs in the 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 8th. However, they left a ton of other runners on in those innings, which would come back to hurt them. Ramirez got two back in the 6th with a homer, and then he capped a four-run rally in the 8th with a three-run homer as Baltimore’s pen wasted a well-pitched game from Priester. Munoz closed it out in the 9th to lock down the surprising win. Baltimore left 10 runners vs. 2 for Tempe. Tempe 7-6
Game #6:	Peralta struck out 11 of the 22 batters he faced to toss six scoreless innings and secure his 20th win of the season. Raleigh and Pasquantino each hit two-run homers. Tempe 5-0
Summary:	Tempe took five of six from Baltimore. Four games started by Peralta and DeGrom, and then a huge rally in game five made it look more one-sided than it was. Springer and DeGrom made strong cases for players of the week.

Hollywood Werewolves @ Fremont Cannons
Preview:	Hollywood is third in a tough AL West, and has more wins than Fremont, who is tied atop the AL East. Kershaw tries again for win # 300.
Game #1:	Michael McGreevy (HOL) vs Carmen Mlodzinski (FRE) Hollywood looks to make trouble with two on in the first, but Mlodzinski gets out of it. An Austin Martin single and steal threatens in the second but to no avail. Fremont has their first chance in the bottom of the inning. A single and steal followed by a groundout puts Elly de la Cruz at third. Carlos Correa bloops it down the right field line where Aaron Judge makes the running catch, then throws out ELDC at home on a close play to keep it scoreless. Alejandro Kirk hits the first extra-base hit of the game, doubling in the fourth with one out, but a pop out and strike out strand him. Mlodzinski commits the sin of walking the #9 hitter in the fifth, then Ketel Marte singles to put two on. Scott II executes the sacrifice perfectly to move the runners over, then Fremont chooses an intentional walk to load the bases rather than give Aaron Judge a chance. Paul Goldschmidt hits it to ELDC, but far enough that he can only get one rather than the double play, and Hollywood takes the 1-0 lead. Mlodzinski strikes out Matt Chapman to keep it from getting worse. Fremont answers with a leadoff single from Mike Yastrzemski but does nothing else. The Cannons never really threaten the rest of the way, and Hollywood takes the opener 1-0. Fremont failed to pick up a single walk in the contest. W: Michael McGreevy (6-9) L: Carmen Mlodzinski (6-4) S: David Bednar (31) HR: none
Game #2:	Clayton Kershaw (HOL) vs Joey Cantillo (FRE) Fremont gets runners on 2nd and 3rd in the first inning, but Kershaw gets a flyout and strikeout to keep the Cannons off the scoreboard. A walk to Jake Bauers in the second sets up Alejandro Kirk’s two-run HR to give the Werewolves the early lead. Hollywood gets runners on 2nd and 3rd in the fifth, and Aaron Judge is intentionally walked again. Cantillo gets the strikeout of Matt Chapman, but Masyn Winn singles home two with two outs to make it 4-0 Hollywood. Garrett Whitlock comes on in the seventh and gives up a HR to Aaron Judge right away to put the Werewolves up 5-0. Kershaw heads into the ninth on track for the CGSO for win# 300, but Vladimir Guerrero Jr. spoils it with a solo HR, the Cannons’ first run of the series. Grant Anderson shuts Fremont down, and Hollywood wins 5-1. Kershaw goes 8.0 IP with 1 ER, 3 H, 2 BB, and 8 Ks in picking up win# 300. Judge picks up RBI# 100 for the season. Guerrero Jr. was the only batter with success against Kershaw today, picking up all of Fremont’s 3 hits. W: Clayton Kershaw (13-3) L: Joey Cantillo (4-2) HR: HOL- Aaron Judge (46), Alejandro Kirk (10); FRE- Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (19)
Game #3:	Landon Roupp (HOL) vs Carlos Rodon (FRE) Fremont strikes first in the bottom of the third. The Cannons get runners on first and third after a collision between Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Paul Goldschmidt. Guerrero Jr. gets the single, and Goldschmidt has to leave with a 2-day injury (good thing there is an off day tomorrow). Back-to-back singles from Daylen Lile and Elly de la Cruz bring in two. The Werewolves get back in it with an Aaron Judge solo HR in the top of the fourth. Fremont gets runners on 2nd and 3rd in the bottom of the inning but a nice play by James McCann halts a potential Shohei Ohtani double. Guerrero Jr. gets it going again for the Cannons in the bottom of the fifth. A double and an error put him at 3rd, and ELDC brings him home with a single to make it 3-1 Fremont. Hollywood comes right back in the sixth with Judge singling and Alejandro Kirk walking. Isaac Collins brings in Judge with a single, but is thrown out trying to advance to 2nd, ending the inning with Fremont leading 3-2. Trailing by a run, Jose Tena leads off the eighth with a single and moves to 2nd on a wild pitch. With two outs, Judge gets intentionally walked then Anthony Bender gets Kirk to line out. Collins walks to lead off the ninth, then Jake Bauers singles to put the tying run at 2nd with no outs. Bender gets a flyout, pop out, and groundout to shut the door. Fremont wins 3-2. Judge went 3-3 with a double and a HR in the loss. W: Carlos Rodon (16-6) L: Landen Roupp (9-7) S: Anthony Bender (18) HR: HOL- Aaron Judge (47); FRE- none
Game #4:	Merrill Kelly (HOL) vs Kodai Senga (FRE) Aaron Judge starts the scoring early for Hollywood with a solo shot in the first inning. Shohei Ohtani responds with a solo homer of his own in the bottom of the inning to tie it 1-1. Hollywood creates more trouble in the second with a pair of singles. After Senga gets the next two outs, Aaron Schunk singles, but a strong throw from Byron Buxton gets Alejandro Kirk at the plate. A two-out walk puts two on in the third, and Kirk blasts it over the fence for a 3-run homer to give the Werewolves the 4-1 lead. Trouble brews again for Senga as a two-out walk loads the bases in the fifth. Andrew McCutchen delivers with a single to plate two more for the 6-1 Hollywood lead. Hollywood loads the bases again in the sixth, looking to blow it open, but Matt Chapman grounds out. Ohtani singles in the sixth, then Vladimir Guerrero Jr. follows with a homer to cut the lead to 6-3. Fremont continues with the comeback attempt in the seventh. A two-out single from Luis Urias and a pinch-hit double from Joey Bart put runners at 2nd and 3rd. Ohtani takes a walk to load the bases, then Guerrero Jr. singles in a run to cut the lead to 6-4. With the bases still loaded, Byron Buxton steps up… BUXTON piles into this pitch; this could be trouble … JUDGE races it to the wall … picked clean! The Cannons get a gift in the eighth when a flyout to Isaac Collins turns into a three-base error, but Fremont is unable to do anything with it. The Werewolves add an insurance run in the ninth. A walk leads to an Isaac Collins stolen base, advancing to third on the overthrow. A wild pitch gifts the Werewolves the final run as they take it 7-4. Kelly strikes out 8 in six innings. Judge homers for the third game in a row. Buxton goes 0-4 with 3 Ks. W: Merrill Kelly (10-10) L: Kodai Senga (5-5) S: David Bednar (32) HR: HOL- Aaron Judge (48). Alejandro Kirk (11); FRE- Shohei Ohtani (37), Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (20)
Game #5:	Drew Rasmussen (HOL) vs Shohei Ohtani (FRE) Hollywood gets an early run after Austin Martin’s walk and steal is followed by Matt Chapman’s RBI single. A two-out double from Ketel Marte sets up an RBI single from Austin Martin to make it 2-0 Hollywood. Martin successfully steals second again, but Ohtani is able to strike out Aaron Judge to end the inning. A leadoff double by Matt Chapman in the fourth looks troubling for Fremont, but Ohtani strikes out the side to strand him. Paul Goldschmidt is able to send one over the fence in the sixth, increasing Hollywood’s lead to 3-0. A Carlos Correa single in the sixth breaks up the no-hit bid, but it would be the only hit for the Cannons as they drop the finale 3-0. Rasmussen pitched masterfully, allowing one hit and one walk in eight innings while striking out seven. Ohtani picked up nine strikeouts in six innings in the loss. Judge had his first bad day of the series, going 0-4 with 4 Ks. W: Drew Rasmussen (11-5) L: Shohei Ohtani (1-2) S: Josh Hader (17) HR: HOL- Paul Goldschmidt (9); FRE- none
Summary:	Hollywood takes the series 4-1 and the season series 8-3. Fremont’s anemic offense picked up just 8 runs in 5 games. The big story is Clayton Kershaw notching his 300th win, only the second MWBL pitcher to reach that milestone. The next closest active player to this threshold is Chris Sale, with 198 wins going into this weekend. Aaron Judge played at an MVP level- despite the golden sombrero in the finale, he batted .438/.609/1.125. Counter that with Shohei Ohtani going .176/.333/.353 in the series. For the season, Judge’s .296/.407/.682, 48HR batting line is worse but not too far off his MLB line of .331/.457/.688, 53HR. Ohtani’s season line of .228/.315/.502, 37 HR is much worse than his MLB line of .282/.392/.622, 55HR, and a big reason why Fremont’s offense is underperforming. Next week, Hollywood returns home with a matchup with bottom-dwelling Gainesville, while Fremont continues a stretch of tough matchups with a road series at Dallas. Scripts saved and available upon request.

Valdosta Snappers @ Tampa Bay Expos
Summary:	The Snappers come in and take 4 of 6 from the hometown Expos.

Sacramento Capitals @ Motor City Muscle
Summary:	The Muscle lose 4 out of 5 at home to the Capitals.

Prairie Falcons @ Columbus Explorers
Preview:	N.L. East 2nd place Prairie comes to Columbus (NL Central 2nd place). 6-pack, lots of pitching, spotty hitting.
Game #1:	Falcons dominate the 1st inning with a Brady House 2-run double. Swanson gets 1 pack with a solo shot (13) in the 4th, but Robert Gasser put out any Columbus flames with a 3-hitter for 8 innings. Just the 1 run. Tough loss for Shane Smith; those 2 runs in the 1st were all he gave up. PRA 2-5-1 WP Gasser (1-0) S Peter Fairbanks (20) COL 1-3-0 LP Smith (11-7)
Game #2:	So how does Nathan Eovaldi follow up a PERFECT GAME? He tosses a CG 2-hit shutout with 7 Ks! Is he going for back-to-back pitcher of the week? But he was worried because Prairie ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto (the Battleship) was almost as good. He pitched 8 innings, 4 hits, 7 Ks, 2 walks – but a Luis Torrens RBI double in the 7th spoiled his shutout bid. PRA 0-2-1 LP Yamamoto (11-4) COL 1-4-0 WP Eovaldi (10-3)
Game #3:	Finally some semblance of offense in this one. After Prairie knocked in a run in the top of the 4th, the Explorers countered with 4 in the bottom half – big blow was a 3-run Daulton Varsho homer (20) – the tough blow, however, was to Jacob Triolo – HBP and will miss 20 games! But up 4-1 and Brayen Bello on the mound, Columbus’s comfort lasted not even an inning. Prairie comes back for 3 in the top of the 6th to tie it – string of hits and walks which finally ended. But then so did the scoring. Will Wagner was the only Falcon to get more than 1 hit – 2 – and one of them was an RBI double. On to the 9th, all tied at 4-4 when Daulton Varsho recorded his 2nd hit of the game, a single, and he drove in the winning run (and it was his 4th RBI of the game). The W goes to Steven Okert for pitching a perfect 9th. PRA 4-7-0 LP Fluharty (2-6) COL 5-7-0 WP Okert (9-4) Triolo will be going on the 15-day DL!
Game #4:	Columbus now in a 2-1 lead in the series and wants more, and they score first on an Adam Frazier SF in the 2nd. Prairie comes right back to tie it in the 3rd on a Mike Trout solo homer (21). Then in the 5th they add 2 more as Story (SF) and House (single) knock in runs. And that was all that the Falcons’ other Ace, Garrett Crochet, needed – 8 innings, 1 hit, 1 run, 5 Ks (but 6 w’s made life a little tough). PRA 3-10-1 WP Crochet (14-7) S Peter Fairbanks (21) COL 1- 1-0 LP David Peterson (11-0)
Game #5:	Game 5 sees Clarke Schmidt go 7 innings and then leave (and head right for the training room; his shoulder is tired, probably saving himself for potential postseason use). But his 7 innings were effective – 3 hits, 1 run, 7 Ks, and he hung around just long enough to scratch out a 2-1 win. Both teams scored in the 4th – Brady House groundout – only time in 4 at-bats he didn’t whiff (Tim McCarver would call that a productive out!). Columbus matched it on an RBI double from Brady Harris and then, in the 7th, an RBI single from Pedro Pages (his 3rd hit of the game) pushed us ahead, 2-1. 3 relievers made the 2-1 lead stick. PRA 1-3-1 LP Bryce Elder (2-9) COL 2-8-1 WP Schmidt (5-2) S Abner Uribe (29)
Game #6:	Series finale features Lance McCullers (Jr) vs. Shane Smith (seeking redemption from the narrow loss in game 1). He gets 14 hits of support and 6 runs. Big bat belonged to Trent Grisham, 4 for 5, 2 runs, RBI, homer (28). Enrique Hernandez (KiKi) was right there with him, 3 for 4, run, 4 RBIs (double and homer [16]). Columbus took a 1-0 lead in the 1st, then Prairie storms back, getting 2 runs off Smith in the 4th – a Trevor Story monster 2-run blast (15), but then the Explorers responded with 4 in the bottom half and never looked back. PRA 3- 6-1 LP McCullers (0-4) COL 6-14-0 WP Smith (12-7) S Robert Garcia (2)
Summary:	So Columbus grabs the series 4-2, but loses Triolo for 20 days (at least it’s in SEP, so he comes back with no extensions needed). But he’s headed to the IL. And Columbus is headed to Chicago for 5 games. Maybe they should be played in Terre Haute! – That’s another story. Prairie heads home to host Bethesda.

Chicago Mobsters @ Coconut Creek Crushers
Preview:	Battle of Division Leaders.
Game #1:	CHI jumps out to an early 2-0 lead. Rogers took a no-hitter into the 5th before CCC finally broke through with a run. CCC scores another run in the 7th to tie it, and the game went into extras. CHI bullpen locks it down after blowing the lead, allowing zero hits the rest of the way. CHI offense finally scores in the 13th to win 3-2.
Game #2:	CHI jump on Woodruff for 2 runs in the first. CCC bounces right back with 3 runs off Gilbert in the first. Woodruff throws 6 scoreless innings after the opening speed bump. CCC adds another off Gilbert to take a 2-run lead. CHI gets a run in the 8th off the CCC bullpen, but cannot score the tying run. CCC wins 4-3.
Game #3:	Hunter Greene and the bullpen toss a nice 6-0 shutout for CCC in this one.
Game #4:	Webb and Brown both take shutouts into the 6th. CCC finally gets to Brown with the help of a costly error by Edwards. CCC scores 4 runs with only one of them earned. This is enough as the bullpen holds on for a 4-2 CCC win.
Game #5:	Cameron and Boyd lock up in a duel with each ending up surrendering one run. The bullpens both dominate, and the game goes extras. Yandy Diaz hit a 2-run HR in the 12th to give CHI a 3-1 lead. CCC gets a leadoff walk from Olson. March pinch runs and steals second. Smith pinch hits and laces a double to make it 3-2 with the tying run on second. Herrera makes the 2nd out. Diaz walks, and then Hoerner hits a single. CCC manager sends the runner home and the other to third to draw the throw. Somehow the throw went home and nailed the runner. CHI still leads by one with two outs. CCC manages to load the bases but cannot score the tying run and falls just short. CHI wins 3-2.
Game #6:	Rogers and Schwellenbach both pitch well. Yet again, the game will be decided by the bullpens. Hoerner hits a 2-run double off Duran in the 8th to break the tie, and CCC wins it 4-2.
Summary:	LOTS of good pitching. Lesson learned: close out CHI in regulation. Both CHI wins came in extra innings.

Titusville Super Sonics @ Gainesville Swamp Things
Preview:	A couple of last-place teams face off as Titusville visits Gainesville for 6.
Game #1:	Gainesville 11 Titusville 5 W: Y. Matsui (6-3) L: G. Williams (9-11) 5IP 6H 6R 5ER 7K S: H. Gaddis (2) Gainesville starter – T. Gonsolin 4.2IP 7H 5R 6K
Game #2:	Titusville 7 Gainesville 0 W: N. Lodolo (10-6) 7IP 4H 5K L: Z. Gallen (3-18) .1IP 4H 5R 4ER 1K
Game #3:	Gainesville 4 Titusville 3 W: L. Evans (7-7) 5IP 5H 2R 5K L: L. Severino (7-14) 5IP 9H 4R 1K S: B. Headrick (1)
Game #4:	Gainesville 7 Titusville 4 W: W. Peralta (2-3) L: A. Heaney (7-10) 5.2IP 9H 5R 2ER 6K S: H. Gaddis (3) Gainesville starter – B. Brown 5IP 5H 4R 5K
Game #5:	Titusville 9 Gainesville 2 W: T. Yesavage (1-1) 6IP 4H 2R 7K L: J. Flaherty (6-12) 5IP 8H 7R 7K
Game #6:	Titusville 6 Gainesville 1 W: J. Oviedo (2-2) 6IP 2H 7K L: T. Gonsolin (0-9) 5.1IP 6H 4R 2ER 4K
Summary:	Splitsville for the villes. Sloppy ball played out there, but both teams manage to get through it. Titusville took some hits, with Stewart and Murphy both getting hurt in game 6. Gainesville continues to have bad pitching to go with the bad defense.

Selkirk Steelers @ Bethesda Bandicoots
Summary:	The Steelers come in and take 4 out of 6 from the hometown Bandicoots.

Long Beach Dirt Bags @ Cincinnati Skyliners
Preview:	Long Beach makes its first-ever trip to Glenn Sample Field and faces the Cincinnati Skyliners.
Summary:	Long Beach wins the series, three games to two. The Dirtbags dominate the first two games — leading after all 18 innings. Cincinnati gets a bit of measure back, claiming the last two contests behind strong starting performances.

Alamo Defenders @ Triple Creek Patriots
Summary:	Triple Creek takes the series 4-2 as Alamo struggled with the bats a bit. Joe Ryan was fantastic in game 2 going the distance in a 5 hit 12 K shutout performance.

Yucaipa Road Runners @ Corktown Cycle
Summary:	Corktown actually wins the series 3 games to 2.

Tijuana Bottle Rockets @ Southwest Detroit Fighting Chihuahuas
Summary:	Tijuana takes 5/6 at Southwest Detroit. Thus, the Fighting Chihuahuas end another disappointing season.

Detroit Crime @ Dallas Cougars
Summary:	Somewhat of a surprise. Dallas sweeps Detroit.